Obituaries

Feb 23, 2006

ROBERT A. COLLINS IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Robert Allen Collins, 85, of Idaho Falls, passed away February 23, 2006, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center of natural causes. He was born April 29, 1920, in Logan, Utah, to Arthur Allen Collins and Louise Dunlop Collins. He grew up and attended schools in Logan, Utah, then Soda Springs and Herman, Idaho....

Feb 22, 2006

DONALD R. NIELD IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Donald Ray Nield, 76, of Idaho Falls, died February 21, 2006, at Idaho Falls Health and Rehabilitation Center. He was born March 28, 1929, in Poplar (Ririe), Idaho, to Ella Amelia Rice Nield and Percy LaVell Nield. He grew up and attended school in Ririe. He attended ISU and participated on the football...

Feb 20, 2006

MADELINE H. BURNHAM IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Madeline Horton Burnham, 84, of Idaho Falls, passed away February 19, 2006, at Lincoln Court Retirement Center. She was under the care of Hands of Hope Hospice. Madeline was born November 10, 1921, in Santaquin, Utah, to George Everett Horton, Jr. and Chesty Ann Bennett Horton. She grew up in Santaquin and attended...

Feb 18, 2006

WILLIAM SOVEREIGN IDAHO FALLS, ID --William Ray Sovereign, 79, passed away on February 16, 2006, in Idaho Falls, Idaho. He was born to Thomas and Elsie Sovereign in Naperville, Illinois, on February 11, 1927, the middle child of five children. Bill attended Naper Grade School and graduated from Naperville High School in 1945. He immediately went into the army and...

Feb 15, 2006

RAY CHERRY IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Ray Dee Cherry, longtime Idaho Falls businessman, died February 15, 2006, at his home. He was under the care of Aspen Home Health and Hospice. He was born in Burton, Idaho, on April 17, 1927, to Mae Sedonia Stevenson and Henry John Cherry. He grew up in Burton and attended Burton Elementary and graduated...

Feb 15, 2006

LEADA STRATTON IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Leada Burrell Stratton, 75, of Idaho Falls, died February 13, 2006, at Good Samaritan Nursing Center. She was born November 16, 1930, at Plano, Idaho, to Charles Floyd Burrell and Edna Burrnett Burrell. She grew up and attended schools in the area. She married Ronald Stratton and they were later divorced. She enjoyed playing...

Feb 15, 2006

SHARAL STEWART IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Sharal Roxy Gray Stewart, 80, of Idaho Falls, died February 14, 2006, at her home. She was born May 16, 1925, in Billings, Montana, to George Samuel Gray and Edna Davies Gray. She attended schools in Madison County and graduated from Madison High School. On December 3, 1949, she married Ivan Gale Stewart in...

Feb 15, 2006

PHIL OLNEY IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Philip Gale Olney, 80, of Idaho Falls, died February 14, 2006, at Good Samaritan Assisted Living Center. He was born August 12, 1925, in Moreland, Idaho, to Alvin Olney and Mary Ann Wheeler Olney. He grew up and attended schools in the area, graduating from Moreland High School. He served as a Corpsman in...

Feb 14, 2006

SKIP STAFFEL 1947 - 2006 IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Skip lived everyday, every moment with a kindness and sincerity seldom found in human beings. In his world, there were no pretensions. He was simply, a man of his word and a man who loved his family, knowledge, peace and freedom to experience the divine in our natural world. In this...

Feb 13, 2006

BETTY CATE OMAHA, NE -- Betty Lou Gerrard Cate, 80, of Omaha, Nebraska, formerly of Idaho Falls, passed away February 9, 2006, at Brookstone Nursing Center in Omaha. She was born February 11, 1925, in Taylor, Idaho, to Malvern Ephraim Gerrard and Lillian Wadsworth Gerrard. She grew up and attended schools in Idaho Falls and graduated from Idaho Falls High...

Feb 13, 2006

HAROLD BROWN ROBERTS, ID -- Harold Delos Brown, 85, of Roberts, passed away February 10, 2006, at the Idaho Falls Health and Rehabilitation Center. He was born January 27, 1921, in Idaho Falls, to Ben Brown and Louise Catherine Catrina “Lizzie” Jahn Brown. He lived in Idaho Falls until he was five, when the family moved to a farm outside...

Feb 13, 2006

CLIFFORD KIRKENDALL, JR. IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Clifford Kirkendall, Jr., 83, passed away February 13, 2006, at his home, surrounded by his wife, Mae, his stepchildren, and a sister-in-law. He was under the care of Hospice of Eastern Idaho. Cliff was born October 7, 1922, in Pocatello, Idaho, to Clifford Kirkendall and Ann McCulloch Kirkendall. He attended schools in Downey,...

Feb 13, 2006

DUSTIN LOWE IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Dustin Lowe, age 29, was called home by his Father In Heaven on February 2, 2006. Dustin was born April 18, 1976, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to R. Michael Lowe and Randy Louise Carlyle Lowe. He moved to Billings, Montana, when he was six years old, after the death of his father, where he...

Feb 11, 2006

RAMONA B. McLAIN IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Ramona Buchmiller McLain, 86, long time Idaho Falls resident, died February 11, 2006, at her home surrounded by her family. She was under the care of Aspen Hospice, to whom the family extends their gratitude. She was born January 30, 1920, in Burton, Idaho, to John Henry Buchmiller and Effie Atkin Buchmiller. She...

Feb 9, 2006

MERLE BROWN IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Merle Von Brown, 89, of Idaho Falls, died February 8, 2006, from a stroke, at Life Care Center, to whom the family extends appreciation for the excellent care provided. He was born January 13, 1917, in Shelton, Idaho, to Franklin Brown and Mary Emma Morgan Brown. He grew up and attended schools in Shelton,...

Feb 8, 2006

ALFRED "A.J." ROBINSON IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Alfred “A.J.” Robinson, 86, of Iona, Idaho, died February 7, 2006 at The Gables in Ammon. He was born March 4, 1919, in Iona, to Grant Elijah Robinson and Sarah Elizabeth Stanger Robinson. He attended schools in Iona graduating from Iona High School. He has lived in Iona all of his life. He...

Feb 8, 2006

IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Bradley Mervin Gardner, 50, of Idaho Falls, died February 8, 2006, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center of a stroke.

He was born July 14, 1955, in Idaho Falls, to Mervin Jessie Gardner and Artie Lee Musselman Gardner. He grew up and attended schools in the area, graduating from Skyline High School in...

Feb 7, 2006

Feb 6, 2006

LORRAINE OWENS IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Lorraine Jensen Owens, 86, of Idaho Falls, went to meet her "Gene" on Sunday, February 5, 2006. She resided at the Gables of Ammon and was under their care with Aspen Hospice. She was born August 20, 1919, in Shelley, Idaho, to Jens Christen Martin Enjer Jensen and Albertina Albertson Robertson Jensen, the youngest...

Feb 6, 2006

ROCKY RAMOS IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Rocky Martinez Ramos, Jr., 20, of Pocatello, passed away February 4, 2006, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center of injuries suffered in an automobile accident near Pocatello. He was born May 5, 1985, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Rocky Martinez Ramos and Sandra Marie Stewart Ramos. In 1988 the family moved to Pocatello, where...